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TIL that despite being strongly associated with NASA and astronauts, freeze-dried ice cream was never taken on board any missions to space.

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nWXLB TIL Radio Gaga song by Queen was inspired by a swearing toddler, son of Roger taylor, the drummer of the band
QXOL TIL Gene Wilder felt insulted by Tim Burton’s remake of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”
wYBP TIL it is possible to score a “quintuple double” in basketball. This has never happened in the NBA; only in Girls high-school play.
NOM TIL that when looking at a rainbow the angle between the tip of your shadow and the top of the rainbow will always be 42°.
nnlG TIL a book named Agrippa was released in 1992 that can only be read once before it destroys itself. It also includes a floppy disk with a 300 word poem designed to corrupt itself after a single read. It cost $450.